July 12, 201114 yr All, After a mass-copy from my old fileserver to my new one, i realized i set the split level for my TV share incorrectly, and now the folders are split incorrecly across drives. After i set it to the proper split level, is there a way, short of manually copying folders from disk to disk, to quickly "reorganize" the folders to the correct structure? Thanks in advance for any help you guys can provide!
July 13, 201114 yr If the data still exists on the old server, just redo the copy with the splits set correctly this time. If not, then I see some putty+screen+mc time in your future. Good thing about doing it with screen and mc is the data never leaves the server, it just copies from one drive directly to another, which should be much faster than pulling it across the network and back. Screen allows the mc sessions to be independent of the putty session, so if you have to close the putty window, you don't lose your progress. Also, you can set up multiple mc sessions in different screens, and log off putty, then come back later when the disk drives quit showing activity. Unless somebody writes a magical reorganize script, I think you are stuck weeding through the mess if the old server is erased already.
July 13, 201114 yr If you have a cache drive you could copy it there, delete the originals, and let mover sort things out according to the new plan.
July 13, 201114 yr I could of sworn Joel L. had a script of some sort that moved files around. I'm not sure if it was for only .ISO files thou.
July 13, 201114 yr It would help to know how much space you have on the disks and how was the data sorted vs how you want it sorted. Without knowing more details, I'd recommend moving to the cache drive and then running the mover to sort it out properly. You'll likely have space issues and nagging split issues if you go one disk at a time so I would recommend you move a bunch of the TV series to the cache drive and then run the mover to move the series back. The actual moving/sorting with a mass move will take a longer time on the server but it will be much less labour intensive. Peter
July 13, 201114 yr Author Thanks for the advice, guys. I didn't even think about moving it to the cache drive and back. I've got a shiny new 2TB drive coming in today, so temp space shouldn't be an issue. Basically, just to clarify (although i don't think it'll change the answer) i have: Television (share) \complete active shows \30 rock \season 1 episode episode episode \season2 episode episode episode Ideally, i'd like to have all of 30 rock together. Instead (for example), it sorted it like this: Disk_1 \Complete active shows \30 rock (empty) Disk_2 \Complete active shows \30 rock (empty) Disk_3 \Complete active shows \30 rock \season 1 episode episode episode \season 2 episode episode episode What would the proper split level be to make sure that everything \30 rock and below is all on the same drive? Sorry for the newb question, but in the multiple faqs and searches i've done i've seen some conflicting answers. Thanks again!
July 13, 201114 yr If you have a cache drive you could copy it there, delete the originals, and let mover sort things out according to the new plan. If you move it to the cache drive with rsync --remove-sent-files it will rsync the file then remove it in one swoop. You can also do it recursively by directory tree
July 13, 201114 yr The way you have it shown use a split level of 2 to keep everything associated with the SHOW together. If you want to keep only each season together use a split level of 3. BTW - I just had the same thing happen to me. I had added a bunch of new material so I couldn't re-import so I just re-organized manually & it took almost a week to get it straight!
July 13, 201114 yr Yes, level 2 would keep the whole show together. It sounds like you have 3 data disks right now. How full is each one? What percentage of your TV series appear on each one (a quick approximate guess is OK). Peter
July 13, 201114 yr Author @lionelhutz - That's correct. The "situation", as it stands right now is this (the breakdown is just anime and TV right now, with a small amount of movies - most of my tv and anime DVD/BD are ripped, so there's not much more to add. I'm still working on ripping the movies, so that will be where most of the "new" content comes from at the moment): Disk 1 (2TB): TV - 100GB Anime - 1.25TB Movies - 161GB Free - 98.27GB Disk 2 (2TB): TV - 164GB Anime - 1.12TB Movies - 10.5GB Free - 90.64GB Disk 3 (2TB): TV - 1.32TB Anime - 410GB Movies - 0GB Free - 83.99GB They were written using the incorrect split level, using the "most free" writing method. I've got a 4th 2TB drive sitting in the box that i've yet to add into the array. Seeing this listed out, it's amazing how quickly DVDs and BDs add up when they're Ripped
July 14, 201114 yr Assuming it is just the TV shows then I would do the following; Preclear you new disk and add it as disk4. Open disk3 and disk4 in explorer windows. Create the Anime directory on disk4, naming it exactly like the share name. Grab about 1/2 the files in the Anime share on disk3 and move them to the new Anime directory on disk4. Go to bed. When you get up in the morning, change the disk3 explorer window to disk1. Grab the Television share on disk1 and move it to disk3, merging it with the one already there. Go to work. Before bed, change the disk1 explorer window to disk2. Grab the Television share on disk2 and move it to disk3, merging it with the one already there. All the TV will now be on disk3. You will likely have to move some of the running series to disk4 so there is room for the future episodes. Well, you could also just move some of the large ended series to make room. Just keep an eye on the disk3 free space and move some if necessary in the future. Peter
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